Pastry cutter



L. F. GAGE ET AL 1,797,859

PASTRY CUTTER March 24, 1931.

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Our invention relates generally to culinary implements and particularly to pastry cutters such asare used for cutting dough in theprocess of making cookies, doughnuts and thelike.

: Pastry cutters of this general type, as ordinarily utilized, consist of individual utensils which vary in size and shlfive and that. may have been especially man the purpose or improvised from ordinarily found 1n the kitchen, such as cir cular tops for cans. Usually it is desirable to have several cutters of circular shape and of different sizes for cutting discs from dough for cookies and the like and other double cutters for cutting annuli from dough in the prior art cutters are inconvenient to use, difto store away when not in use in-that they take rip-considerable room and-do not fitw'ell into the space provided for such utenslls in the kitchen.

' It is therefore an obj to provide a pastry cutter that is convenient to use and that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

. Another object of'the invention is to providea pastry cutter from which the dough may be easily removed after it is cut.

A further object of the invention is to provide pastry cutters which may be nested toor for storage when not in use.

The foregoing and other objects of this invention may be attained by the pastry cutters which are shown, as examples, in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a culinary utensil embodying our nvention, showing two cutting members combined to constitute a double pastry cutter; Fig. 2 is a viewin cross section taken on the plane represented by the line IL-II-in Fig.

l Fig. 3 is a plan View of a plurality of pastry cutters embodying our invention, illustrating the manner in which they may be nested for storage; and Fig. 4 is a view in cross section taken on the plane indicated by the linerv Iv of-Fig. 3.

Acc rd ng o this invention pastry cutters actured for other'articles ct of inventipn constitute a single article of trade.

The particularemhodiment of the inven tion, which is illustrated by the cutters shown in Fig.1 comprises a large cutting element 1 formed-integrally of a sheet of metal and comprising a disc-like top portion 2 having a peripheral annular flange 3, the marginaledge 4 of which constitutes the cutting edge of the device. The top portion '2 is pro-! aided with dough-ejecting openings 5 through which access may be' had to the dough to force it out of the-cutter and that also serve as vent holes for the pastry cutter. illustrated, two, dough-ejecting openings 5 are disposed at diametrically opposite sides of a connecting bridge member 6 that forms a tie or brace for holding the annular flange 3 in circular shape.- The bridge 6 also constitutes the body portion of a handle for manipulating the cutter 1. As best shown in Fig. 2, the manipulating handle is formed by striking upwardly two Winglike members 7 which include portions of the metal cut'from the pastry ejecting openings 5. The wings 7 are folded upwardly and towards each other from each side of the bridge 6 to a position in which they are substantially parallel to each other and perpendicular to the plane of the top 2. p

The upstruck wings 7 hat constitute the handle of the large cutting elementv 1, are disposed symmetrically relative to the center of the cutter, and are comparatively short in -prises upstruck wings 9 spaced somewhat farther apart than the wings 7 of the large cutter .1 so that the hmay be disposed outside of the wings 7 fw en nested together as shown in Fig. 2. For centering the cutter 8 within the cutter 1 the wings 9 are made slightly shorter than the wings 7 to pass through the douglrejecting openings and fit closely against the edges of the top 2.

Dough-meeting openings 10 are also provided in the ,top of the small cutter 8, these bein formed by folding the wings 9 upwar 1y. In order that the cutting edge 11 10 of the small cutter 8 may be in the plane of the cutting edge 4 of the large cutter, the annular flange 12 of the cutter 8 is made of less depth than the flange 3 of the large cutter 1 by an amount equal to the thickness of the metal 1:; sheet of which the top 2 of the large cutter 1 is formed.

When nested together in this manner, the two cutters 1 and 8 may be used in combination as a double cutter for cutting annuli from dough for making doughnuts, tarts and the like. It is obvious that the two cutters may be readily separated and utilized individually for cutting discs from dough in the process of making cookies, biscuits and the II like.

In Figs. 3 and 4 is illustrated a method in which a plurality of cutters embodying our invention may be nested together to constitute a single article which may be manufac- 80 tured and sold as a unit. Such units may comprise any number of individual cutters which may be used singly, or in various combinations, as explained in detail with reference to the two cutters 1 and 8 shown in Figs.

85 1 and 2. In the particular article of manufacture shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a cutter 14 of intermediate size is shown nested between the large cutter 1 and the small cutter 8, and it is obvious that other cutters, both larger and smaller than those shown, may be added to the nest if they are desirable.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that we have invented a new pastry cutter that is of simple and inexpensive design andthat ma be used either singly or in combiantion wit other similar cutters for cutting discs and annuli of various sizes from dough for making articles of pastry.

Although we have shown and described one particular embodiment of this invention, it is apparent that modifications may be made in the upstruck handles, pastry-ejecting openings and in the proportions of other parts of our pastry cutter without departing as defined in the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A pastry cutter formed integrally of a sheet of metal, the cutter comprising a top and a marginal cutting flange, the top having two wing-like portions struck upwardly leaving pastry-ejecting openings in'and constituting a manipulating handle for the cutter.

2. A pastry cutter formed integrally of a I C3 sheet of metal, the cutter comprising a top from the spirit and scope of the invention 7 provided with a marginal cutting flange, the top having two upstruck wing-like portions spaced to provide a central bridgin member and disposed substantially perpen icular to the top to constitute a mani ulating handle.

3. A pastry cutter comprising two members of different diameters, each formed integrally of a sheet of metal, and each comprising a top provided with a marginal cutting flange, said top having wing-like upstruck portions constituting a handle, the handles on the two members being disposed to nest one within the other to form a single engaging member for manipulating the combined cutter.

4. A pastry cutter comprising two members of different diameters, each formed integrally of a sheet of metal, and each comprising a top provided with a marginal cutting flange, said top having wing-like upstruck portions constituting a handle, the handle on the larger member being of length substantially e ual to that of the handle on the smaller member, and said handles being disposed to nest together in such manner that the smaller member is centrally positioned within the larger member for cooperative action therewith.

5. A pastry cutter comprising two members of difierent diameters, each formed integrally of a sheet of meta-l, and each comprising a top provided with a marginal cutting flange, said top having wing-like upstruck portions constituting a handle, the handle with a bridging member between said portions on the two members being disposed to nest one within the other in such manner that the members may be utilized in combination, and providing pastry-ejecting openings, the bridgin member of the handle on the smaller mem er being slightly wider than that of the handle on the larger member, and the handle of the smaller member being of such length that it asses through the pastry-ejecting openings in the larger member and nests snugly with the handle thereof in such manner that the two members are held in co-axial relation.

In testimony whereof, we hereunto sign our names.

LEON F. GAGE. IRVING W. WOOD. JOSEPH T. WEINZIERL. 

